HERE WE GO AGAIN...

It's hard to figure out who has me more irritated - Doug Glanville or SEPTA...

It's bad enough that Glanville misplayed Michael Barrett's fly ball in the top of the ninth to ruin Eric Milton's no-hitter (which would've been the second no-hitter that I've personally seen in as many years).  It's worse when SEPTA once again does it's usual incompetent job getting people from the Sports Complex back to Center City.

For starters, about 25 minutes after the game had ended (and it was a quick one - 2 hours, 21 minutes), the escalator at Pattison station was operating up; this is despite the fact that virtually everyone in the station was heading down towards the subway platform.  So, SEPTA can change the directions of its escalators at the 1234 Market headquarters building at the end of the day when people are leaving or after a SEPTA Board meeting, but not do the same after a Phillies game at Pattison?  Did SEPTA suddenly hire the infamous Steve Bartman to operate the Broad Street Line?

It also doesn't help when about 4,000 to 5,000 people are trying to enter the station via only one headhouse (the one on the southeast corner of Broad and Pattison).  Nor does it help when the only train in the station when I get there is packed to the gills and has no more room, thus forcing me to wait about 10 minutes for the next train out.

And yes, I missed the 5:05pm 104 back to West Chester because of this, and waiting around 69 St Terminal for an hour on a Sunday is not fun, especially when you haven't slept all day...